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INVENTOR BY M-W/vwv .5. [4425) A OR'NEY Patented 0ct'.i13, 1931"Application filed neeemterfza-ieeoia sera iet as;tg g i Thisinventionrelatesto. combs for use in the treatment and preparationofthehalr prior to waving it and the ObjBCtOf-thlSlIlvention is toprovide such a comb with means 6 wherebythe hair lotion or waveset maybe I easily and quickly applied to the hair. c 1

. Another object of this invention is to so construct the comb that areservoir forstoring aquantity of the lotionmay be attached thereto andthe lotion fed from this reservoir andbdirected to the base of theteethof the com Anotherobject of invention i-sto pro vide novel means forcontrolling the flow of, I p

i Other objects and attendant advantages will become morereadilyapparent from the the lotion from thereservoir.

detailed .description of one embodiment of my invention which follows,reference being had to the accom anying drawingsfin which reservoirprovided thereon. r V v i Figure 2 an end velevation thereof.

on the line 3m3:c.of Figure. .1. p

Figure 4 is a vertical'sectionalview taken onthe line lac- 1w of Figure1lo'oking in the directionofthe arrow. r

Figure 5 is a horizontal sectional 'vlew takenon the line 5w'-5mofFigure '1. r

In the several figures-of the drawings, like,

air Wavelotions or side. The central portion of the comb be tween theseteeth is formed into'a semi-circular channel 3 and in this channel ispartially able strap 5 at the front ofthe comb and another strap 6 nearthe rearof it, firmly holds the reservoirin I place in the 5-.semi-circular channel in the middle of the side of the comb.

it p The reservoir has a filling. cap 7 at the .Figure 1 is a si eelevation of the comb and Figure 3 is a'vertical sectional'view takenvention isgespecially adapted for use byhair horizontal positionillustrated in dotted lines.

embedded the tubular reservoir 4. A suit-., v

' this position moves the holes in the valve out of alignment with theholes in thereservoir;

frontend'which when removedpermits- I 'fil ling or th reservoirif.Thelotion passes" qutj Oflihef reservoir thru a'series of holes 8 8 providedinthe theme) These holes'are v p line with the vertical grooves9,19fi provided between the inner ends of coarse teeth, 1, 1; In this,wa'ythe lotion flows directly .cfrom'the reservoir thru the grooves,'9', 9 oIitoj h 't 'b ha rlo' ted between vthe:teeth y H theifiow ofthel-otionfromthe reservoir to tlie' .hair, a cylindrical valve 10 is'rotatablymounted' Within' the reservoir 4.

-This*va1ve rovided with aseriesof holes 1 5 1 1', 11 which'are'broughtin alignment Wlfil1fi65 the holes 8', Set the reservoir when the valve"is, turned 5 to, a predetermined angular posi'g tion relation tothereservoir. F or this purpose the'valve 10 is provided with a valvestem 12 at the inner end of it and this valve 'stem passes thru thesleeve '13 which is threaded into the innerend of the reservoir t 4,Ontheoutside of the reservoir the valve a stem 12 hasthejhead 14' formedthereon ,to j

which the handle15 is attached. This hanl .dle projects laterally fromthe head to per mit the rotation-of the valve by means of it. 1

In the end of the sleeve 13 are provided I tWo grooves 16, 16 suitablyspaced apart fromeach other and by turning th handle 6* 15 to engageinto eitherthe one or the other ()f'these g th h l s Valve are: v .2

either held in alignment'or out of alignment. with theholes in thereservoir. As illustrated in the figures of the drawings the holes i inthe valve 10are in line with theholes in the reservoir When the handle15is in the downward position illustrated in Figure 1 because I themovement of the "handle'intog9 Inorder to hold the handle of the valve Iyieldingly in place in either theione or the-' *tion and yielding meansforholding said 2 i memes end of the sleeve, an expansion spring 17 isplaced between the sleeve 13 and the end of the valve 10 on the insideof the reservoir as illustrated in Figure 5. i

I claim: 7

1. A comb having a longitudinal channel provided therein, teethprojecting from the v edge of said longitudinal channel with groovesprovided between the inner ends of said teeth and leading out of saidchannel,

a reservoir located in *said'channel', said I reservoir having outletopenings thereinin line With the grooves between said teeth andcontrolling means for controlling the flow of liquid from the reservoirinto saidgrooves.

2. A comb having a longitudinalchannel provided in the side thereof,teeth projecting from the edge of said channel With grooves providedbeteen the inner ends of said teeth and leading out of said channel, areservoir 'mountedin said channel, said reservoir having outlet openingstherein in line with said grooves between said teeth, a valve rotatablymounted Within said reservoir, said valve having'valve openings thereincorresponding "to the outletopenings in said reservoir, a valve stem atone end of said valve, a handle provided on sa d valve stem, meansprovided at the inner end of said reservoir to hold said handle in apredetermined posihandle in said position.

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